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ERIC Number: EJ611515
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-5982
Alleged Death Threats, a Hunger Strike, and a Department at Risk Over a Tenure Decision.
Leatherman, Courtney
Chronicle of Higher Education, v46 n48 pA12-14 Aug 4, 2000
Reports on a tenure controversy within the Indiana University department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures that has involved possible death threats, a hunger strike, and controversy over the department's continued existence. For now the professor, an expert on Islamic philosophy, remains at the institution, other faculty have left, and discussion on the department's future continues. (DB)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Cultural Awareness, Decision Making, Departments, Higher Education, Islam, Middle Eastern History, Program Termination, Second Languages, Tenure
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Indiana University; Near East